Document Type : promotional scientific article
Authors
Department of Economy, Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, University of Shahid Beheshti
Abstract
In this paper, for survey human health effect on economic growth, an econometric model with panel data is used for oil countries in 1995-2017. Innovation of this paper is estimation of an endogenous economic growth model with survey effect of health of human on economic growth, with effect of environmental pollution on human health. This paper, used from a health index and an environmental pollution index (CO2 and NOX). PANEL-SUR model is used. Results reveal that environmental pollution has negative effect on health index and human development index. Results reveal that in our countries there is a negative relation between pollution and economic growth because of positive relation between health index and human development index and positive relation between human development index and economic growth, more pollution decrease positive effect of human development index on economic growth.
Keywords
- Economic Growth
- Environmental Pollution
- Health Index
- Oil Countries
- Panel Model
- JEL Classification: Q54
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